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Attached is the preliminary agenda for the next EFF-Austin Board of 
Directors meeting.  These are held on the second Tuesday of each month, 
which in this case is December 13th at Steve Jackson Games. (2700-A Metcalfe.
Call 447-7866 if you need directions). 
 
Our Board of Director meetings have always been open to the public. 
 
 
AGENDA --  December 13th BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
 
6:45 p.m.       EXECUTIVE SESSION 
 
        Advisory Board nominations/acceptances 
               Barbara Denton accepts a place on Advisory Board

        Designating a new Treasurer.

7:00 p.m.       OPEN SESSION
 
APPROVE MINUTES FOR November

REPORT ON EXECUTIVE SESSION 
 
OFFICERS' REPORTS 
 
  PRESIDENT     -- 1994 : The Year in Review
                   1995 : Strategies for Success

  VP            -- 501(c)3 application

  SECRETARY     --

  TREASURER     --  Smoot is resigning effective this meeting.  Here is
        my proposal : Leave the actual checks at Steve Jackson Games,
        and have the Treasurer simply handle all of the checkwriting
        either before or during our monthly Board meetings. We give
        Steve Jackson signature power, but only as a back-up to the
        Treasurer. This centralizes operations and gives us flexibility
        and access to the finances, if the Treasurer is not available
        for any reason.

        Summary reports similar to what Smoot produced can be created by
        the Administrative Assistant, probably on a quarterly basis is
        all we need.

        I don't know the consequences of not designating a new
        Treasurer, but imagine they are pretty severe.
                                                    
LOCAL ACTIVITY SINCE LAST MEETING 
 
Sun Users Group, "Unix and the Law"
        -- recruited volunteers
        -- sponsored a Bird of a Feather Session
        -- SUG happy behind their expectations about how the conference
        turned out.
        -- SUG has a proposal: if EFF-Austin contacts the authors of
        material they have compiled for a CD-Rom, then they will pay us
        a percentage of each disk sold, probably in the $1 per disk
        range.  The last SUG CD-Rom sold something like 500 copies in a
        nine month period Alex claims.  All EFF-Austin has to do is
        contact each author and secure authorization. If anyone balks at
        being included in the disk, then we will simply direct that
        person to SUG who will handle any necessary persuasion.
        Estimated workload = 20 hours or so, but I haven't looked for
        myself yet.


Public Forum : Sysop Liability Workshop
        -- Home run.
        -- Total attendance : 60 people, many holding key local network
                   and corporate positions.
        -- Top-notch speakers
        -- Financial success : deposited $770.65 in the account, after
                paying expenses of $60 for the Info Disks. Still owe
                close to $500 to Robbie Westmoreland for the 38 copies
                of Cyberspace and the Law that we bought.
        -- Breakdown of new memberships and items sold
        -- Tech Connect now wants a monthly 800 word column
        -- Talked with Chris Nunn, President of CTSA about exchanging
                information.
        -- Talked with Michael Burton, who is working on the John Henry
                Faulk Conference on "The First Amendment in Cyberspace".
                I recommended some potential speakers.
        -- Contact with someone interested in starting an
                EF-San-Antonio. He wants ideas and suggestions.
                                                       

PROGRAM PLANNING 

February        GTC meeting


March           Computers, Freedom and Privacy

April           Robofest VI  (am meeting with Robot Group Dec. 8th
                        and will have follow-up items out of this meeting).

Fall            Armadillocon


For consideration       Membership Meeting
                        Public Access to Government Information
                        Kick-off event for EF-San Antonio. (Jan/Feb)

COMMITTEE AND OTHER REPORTS 

BBS             -- Info Site status update
Infodisk        -- Sysop Liability disk -- online
                   Status of Crypto Starter Kit
Government      -- Bill Magness of the Communications Coalition
Legal           -- Legal Referral Network
Membership      -- Membership update and renewal drive
Network         -- Prentiss is looking for someone to take over his job
                        as moderator and maintainer of gopher and ftp sites.
Newsletter      -- Christopher Curley has Nov. newsletter for us to see.
                -- Tech Connect column
                -- Turning FAQ file into brochure/pamphlet.
Police Liasion  -- Bruce scheduled to give a speech to High Tech Crime law
                   enforcement officials in October -- how did it go?

OTHER OLD BUSINESS
        Administrative Assistant position -- yes or no
        The Italian Crackdown -- Bruce will give a full report.

NEW BUSINESS
        Wild and inconsistent reports of a massive raid in Pensacola, FL
        Want to add an "Other Groups" section to our meetings where we
                can discuss/find out about SEA, etc.

ON THE TABLE
CHARTER, BYLAWS, INCORPORATION
        A corporate resolution is necessary for changing Treasurers.
CALL ROLL
SET NEXT MEETING DATE AND TIME 
ADJOURN  (estimated 9:00 p.m.)